David Robinson is cautiously optimistic that he will be able to play Friday night.

Robinson, who missed Game 2 with partially torn cartilage in his left knee, jogged and did some light work at practice on Wednesday in San Antonio. He plans to get in some contact work in practice Thursday. Wed, Apr 23, 2003 09:29:00 PM

David Robinson had an MRI that revealed torn knee cartilage. He will miss tonight's game.

Robinson is expected to return for Friday's Game 3. Malik Rose will start in his place tonight. Mon, Apr 21, 2003 03:30:00 PM

Depth Charts

Updating a previous report, Kyle Anderson is expected to miss the next 2-3 weeks of action with a sprained MCL in his left knee.

This isn't all that surprising considering how much pain Anderson was in following the injury, and with both him and Kawhi Leonard (quad) out, there will be more minutes available for guys like Bryn Forbes, Brandon Paul, Rudy Gay and Danny Green. Both Paul and Forbes have excelled in extended minutes this season, so if either one of those guys moves into the starting five, they'll immediately emerge as potential speculative adds in deep leagues. Anderson might not be worth hanging onto if your league doesn't offer an IR-spot.